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J.S. Bach - Mass in B minor               | Channel Classics CCSSA25007

J.S. Bach - Mass in B minor

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Label: Channel Classics

Cat No: CCSSA25007

Barcode: 0723385250074

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 5th March 2007

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Contents

Artists

Dorethee Mields
Johannette Zomer
Matthew White
Charles Daniels
Peter Harvey
The Netherlands Bach Society

Conductor

Jos van Veldhoven

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Mass in B minor, BWV232

Artists

Dorethee Mields
Johannette Zomer
Matthew White
Charles Daniels
Peter Harvey
The Netherlands Bach Society

Conductor

Jos van Veldhoven

About

The ultimate collector’s object! In this splendid edition, The Netherlands Bach Society’s recording of Bach’s last completed masterpiece - the Mass in B minor - has been combined with unique treasures from the Museum Catharijneconvent.

Like the illustrated editions of the Christmas Oratorio and the St. John Passion, this cd box of the Mass in B minor has also been produced in collaboration with the Museum Catherijneconvent of Utrecht. Priceless liturgical objects, such as glorious golden chalices set with gemstones and engraved silver salvers, illustrate the history of the mass in various churches throughout Christianity. All of the illustrations are drawn from the unique collection of the Museum Catharijneconvent, the preeminent museum for Christian art and culture in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands Bach Society has recorded a performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor with first-rank international soloists, conducted by chief conductor and artistic director Jos van Veldhoven. This spectacular work, in which Bach successfully combined his abilities as a composer of vocal and instrumental music, occupies a special place within his total oeuvre. Bach’s very last composition, and at the same time his largest-scale work, encompasses not only the full text of the mass, but all of the musical genres in which he worked. For this reason, the Mass in B minor is a fitting crown on Bach’s entire artistic creation.

This luxuriously executed cd box set contains two Super Audio cds (also playable on conventional cd players) of the highest audio quality. In addition, the cd box set includes a handsomely designed four-part textbook in full color, containing some eighty illustrations, several informative articles relating to the Mass in B minor and the underlying themes of the mass, as well as the full text of the composition.

"Another handsome boxed set, with a plush book offering text, history and much more, brings the third in Channel Classics' outstanding series in collaboration with the Netherlands Bach Society: the B minor mass, just in time for Easter. Dutch soprano Johannette Zomer leads a fine team of soloists with the society singers under their eminence grise, Jos van Veldhoven, in an ethereal version of this magnificent work, recorded with crystal clarity. Every strand of Bach's long musical life went into this last and largest-scale of his masterworks." The Observer - 11th March 07 - Anthony Holden

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